Improvement in conductors  punches



F. B. WOODRUFF.

conn'vcwons PUNCH.

Patented Jan. 18, 1876.

Q/LNVENTOR WIT'N ESS ES fiMM .ATTOR'N EYS N.PETERs, F'HOTO LITHOGRAPHER.WASHINGTON. D C.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS B. WOODRUFF, or ELDORA, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CONDUCTORS' PUNCHES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l 72,540, dated January18, 1876; application filed November: 20, 1875.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS BUTLER WOOD- RUFF, of Eldora, in the countyof Hardin and State of Iowa, have invented a new and valuableImprovement in Conductors Punches; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is full, clear, and exact description of the construction andoperation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a longitudinal verticalsection of my'conductors punch, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of thesame. Figs. 3 and at are detail views thereof, and Figs. 5 and 6 areplan views of my ticket.

This invention has relation to improvements in conductors punches; andit consists in the arrangement and motel construction of the variousdevices employed, whereby very useful and desirable results areobtained, as will be hereinafter more fully explained and claimed.

In the annexed drawings, the letter A designates an oblong metallic caseof suitable dimensions, which is provided with a drawer, B, occupyingits whole interior. This drawer is divided into two parts by atransverse partition, 01., the end part b being designed to receive theclippings, and the other I) to receive tickets, the construction ofwhich will hereinafter appear, and which are held in contact with thebottom of box b by means of a metallic spring, S, which passes upthrough an opening, 0, in the top of the case, and is secured thereto bybeing passed under a metallic catch, d, from which it may be detached,when necessary,by means of a pin, d, secured to the said spring, andprojecting through a slot in the catch, as shown in Fig. 2., The ticketsmay be readily removed from the drawer, without opening the same,through an aperture formed in the bottoms of the case and drawer, and athumb-hole in the end of the latter.

The drawer is locked into the casein the following manner, to wit: Theclipping-box I) is provided with a raised plate, 6, through whichprojects an endwise-movable staple, f, having enlargements 9 upon itsfree ends,

which prevent its being drawn through the said plate. This staple issuflicieutly long to project through slots formed in the bottom of thedrawer and case, and to receive the bow of a padlock, 0, arranged in abox, It, and concealed from view by a cap, it, applied upon the saidbox. In practice the cap will be sealed to the box, so that anytampering with the same, for the purpose of unlocking the drawer, willbe immediately apparent. 1) reprigidly secured to die-bed D, and isprovidedat one end with guide-bearin gs for an endwisemovable punch-bar,l, which overhangs aperturei in the die-platej. This punch-bar isoperated by means of a vertically -vibrating lever, F, the reduced endof which engages in a recess, m, in the said punch-bar. The power end oflever F is bifurcated, each arm of the bifurcation being provided with aslot, at, adapted to receive a trunnion,o,on the weight end of avertically-vibrating operating-lever, G, projecting from the open rearend of the said box, as shown in Fig. 1.

When the power-arm of this lever is depressed the punch-bar will beforcibly lowered, and will cut out of a ticket a clipping, which will beforced through apertures 01 i into receptacle 11 upon an inclined chute,a, the object of which is, besides guiding the clipping into the saidreceptacle, to render abortive any attempt to shake the clipping out ofthe same through the said apertures.

Slide-plate It, before alluded to, is designed to close perforation t inthe die-plate, when the punch-bar Z is at rest, and to be retracted whenit descends, for the purpose of reopening the said perforation andallowing the clipping ed end of which is received in a recess, 1', of

spring had been strongly compressed in actuating the punch-bar.

To remove the drawer, in order to have access to receptacle 1), detachcap h and unlock the padlock; then, having removed the bow of the lock,thrust staplef up into plate 0 until its lower end shall be free of thedrawer.

The latter may then be withdrawn from the case and the contents of theclipping-box readily emptied and counted. The drawer being replaced, thestaple is drawn out by means of a hook, K, when the lock may be replacedand secured, as above described.

The cutting end of the punch-bar is beveled, as shown in Fig. 4, and ismade tubular, for the purpose of receiving a rubber extension, 25, theobject of which is to thrust the clipping into perforation i, so as toprevent all chance of its failing to enter the receptacle 1).

What I claim as new is 1. In combination with a receptacle, I), havingaperture i, the slide 70 and shelf a, substantially as specified.

2. In combination with the case A and drawer B of the raised bridgeplatee, an endwise-movable staple, f, substantially as specified.

3J'In a conductors punch, the combination, with a punch-case, A, of thedetachable drawer B, havingpartition a, substantially as specified.

4. In combination with a punch-case A and drawer B, having box b, theslide k, adapted to open the aperture in the die-bed when the punch-bardescends and to close it when the said punch-bar ascends, substantiallyas specified.

5. The combination of a vertically-vibrating lever, G, having recess 1",and the vibratory lever H with a slide, k, perforated die-plate and aclipping receptacle, substantially as specified.

6. In combination with punch-bar l and slide 76, the connecting-lever F,actuating-lever Gr, dog H, and spring S, substantially as specified.

7. The spring S, in combination with an endwise-movable punch-bar, Z,and slide k, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

FRANCIS BUTLER WOODRUFF.

Witnesses J. W. ZIEGER, O. B. DAVIS.

